Light is life and life is also light. There is no life without light, and there is no life without consciousness. Commonly, humans have an extra ability to raise their conscious awareness or awareness associated with the development of consciousness. That is why it is named “The Centre for Conscious Awareness”. Everything begins from us and concludes with us. We need to grow more responsibly both empirically and metaphysically, and then we can find answers, more clarity, solutions to global problems and cures to major illnesses. ...

Reflections on the inaugural celebration event held in birmingham. A small group from south london made it's way to an evening filled with love and inspiration. We received a warm welcome from the trustees of the C.C.A in a simple and beautiful atmosphere, complimented by melodious inspirational music playing in the background. A feeling of peace and serenity washed over the audience as soon as we entered the room. There was a welcome speech clearly stating the objectives of the charitable organisation, as well as a very clear understanding of it's...

"Firstly CCA promotes and encourages many values, one being to educate people in the effectiveness of natural exercise and meditation in maintaining overall well-being and fullness of life as an alternative to remaining predominantly mind-based. Football is widely considered as a form of exercise which is highlighted to maintain and improve fitness levels in individuals as well as marketed by the CCA to develop team work and determination. Also giving time for those who participate to have fun and catch up with friends (as well as making new ones). ...

On Friday 4th of March, Srinivas Arka had a meeting with 2 senior lecturers at the University of Central Lancashire. The first meeting was with Frank J Harrington, Senior Lecturer in Religion, Culture and Society. The second meeting was with Peter Lucas, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy. Both meetings went well, with many ideas and concepts being shared. Each academic was given a book written by Srinivas Arka for the university’s library and reference, and they expressed their wishes to share their knowledge when invited to by CCA. ...

On Friday 21st January 2011, we had our 4th Celebration show, introducing Arka Dhyana (Intuitive Meditation), embedded with the essence of a range of multicultural art performances. We had a Flute Recital by Shree. P. Gnanavarthan, who was accompanied on the Mirudangam by Shree. P. Kirupakaran, and on the Violin by Shree. S. Jalatharan. They played a range of beautiful classical songs that evening. Following the recital, Mrs Brenda Josiah, a Flautist, came on stage and spoke about the performance, expressing how peaceful and melodious it was. After this, the Pranavalaya Students dedicated...

Talk by our guest speaker guest, Dr Malar Baheerathan MBBS - DPM (MRC Psych), consultant psychiatrist and honorary senior lecturer to South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust. She gave a talk providing awareness on the following; ‘What is mental health?’, ‘What are the common conditions?’ and ‘How to seek help’. She started off her speech by referring to the book ‘Petals of the heart, a garden of quotations’, by Srinivas Arka, mentioning the quote, ‘The toughest and the greatest challenge for us is to overcome the conditioning of...

On Sunday 24th October I attended the opening of the new offices of Centre for Conscious Awareness (CCA) in Dudley, West Midlands. The event was well attended, with visitors from around the world, including our chairman and founder, Srinivas Arka... Click here (http://centreforconsciousawareness.org/cca/images/CCAofficeDudley.pdf) to read more.

On 17th July, Srinivas Arka held a conference on personal growth and self development in Preston. It was a windy afternoon but the atmosphere was cosy with a very welcoming audience. The conference opened with Srinivas Arka describing the differences between mind consciousness and heart consciousness. He highlighted the necessity for people to dedicate time to discovering and reawakening their heart centre. The conference was engaging, inspirational and interactive. Shortly before the conclusion, the audience was briefly introduced to the concepts of Arka Dhyana and then given an opportunity to take...

On the 27th September we invited everybody from all around the world to plant trees and participate in helping the environment. Tree planting helps to offset CO2 emissions, and also provides extra habitat for wildlife, showing compassion to animals. By doing your bit in this way, you help save our planet Earth, helping it to become greener, thus contributing to its transformation..Such projects help us learn how to forgive each other and move forward with a renewed heart, friendship and inspiration. Please send your photos and videos to CCA, so that...